MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
In April 2001, petitioner appeared before the Board of Parole, which denied his request for release. Thereafter, in July 2002, petitioner commenced the instant CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking to review the Board's April 2000 determination. In the interim, in May 2002, petitioner again appeared before the Board, and his request for parole release again was denied. As a result, by judgment entered February 5, 2003, Supreme Court granted respondent's motion to dismiss the petition as moot. This judgment is affirmed as the Board's May 2002 determination clearly rendered moot petitioner's proceeding challenging the Board's April 2001 determination (see Matter of Mendoza v. Travis, 306 A.D.2d 724; Matter of Boddie v. New York State Div. of Parole, 306 A.D.2d 661).
In March 2003, petitioner filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus (see CPLR art 70), which was dismissed by Supreme Court sua sponte. A habeas corpus proceeding is not an appropriate means by which to challenge a determination denying parole; hence, Supreme Court's dismissal of the petition was appropriate (see People ex rel. Reynoso v. McGinnis, 282 A.D.2d 788, lv denied 96 N.Y.2d 718).
Mercure, J.P., Crew III, Spain, Carpinello and Lahtinen, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that the judgments are affirmed, without costs.